by Doris Miller
PART DO YOU REMEMBER MISS BROWN?"
Dana still does not respond. She continues to sit there looking straight ahead towards the back of the courtroom, starting to show deep anger. Her teeth start to grind. Her fists start to bawl! Her family and friends become frightened and nervous! They see Dana angrily grinding her teeth and bawling her fists as they frighteningly and nervously look on! Shocked, George Hanson and Walter Stevens look at Dana! George Hanson then stands up and says, "Now wait a minute everybody! No one saw Dana commit the murder! There is absolutely no proof of who committed the murder! There isn't enough evidence! There were no dead skin under the victim's fingernails to tell if the victim had been in any kind of fight or struggle!"
"THERE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE A STRUGGLE!" Pete Daniels shouts! "IT APPEARS THAT THE KILLER MIGHT HAVE AMBUSHED THE VICTIM! IT APPEARS THAT THE KILLER MIGHT HAVE CAUGHT THE VICTIM BY SURPRISE AND THAT THE VICTIM DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO FIGHT BACK OR RUNAWAY!"
"THERE WERE NO MURDER WEAPONS AROUND!" Walter Stevens stands up and shouts. "THERE WERE NO FINGERPRINT CLUES AROUND! THERE WERE NO WITNESSES AROUND! THERE WERE NO OTHER TRACES OF BLOOD AT THE SCENE BESIDES THE VICTIM'S BLOOD! ONLY THE VICTIM'S BLOOD WAS AT THE SCENE!"
After the long court procedure, it is now over. The courts cannot find any possible proof or any evidence against Dana. Without any proof, evidence or any witnesses the courts let Dana go, unless further evidence could be found against her, or any other possible suspects who could have committed the murder. Dana is able to walk away, not having to face any jail time again. Her family and friends are all happy and there for her. They hurry to Dana and start to surround her, hugging and kissing all over her. They then lead Dana out of the courtroom.
Outside the courtroom, Dana's family and relatives continue to surround her. Anne and Darryl then come across Diane D outside the courtroom. They pull Diane D to the side. They then bring Diane D towards the other end of the hall. Anne whispers, "Diane, do you know or think that your cousin Dana could have murdered Kathy, or do you know or think that Dana could have murdered Sandra?"
"I do not know anything," Diane D annoyingly says. "I don't know what to think. I don't know who killed that woman Kathy! I don't know who killed that woman Sandra either! I wasn't there when any of it happened!"
"Diane, being that you and Dana are such close cousins and you two practically grew up together, why don't you or someone else in your family just question Dana about whether she murdered Kathy or not," Darryl says.
"Now what makes you think that Dana's gonna come out and tell me or anyone else in our family that she murdered somebody, even if we did question her about it?!"
Anne and Darryl look at Diane D. They then look at each other, not knowing what to say.
Dana goes home with her family to her grandparents' house. She stays with her family for a week. Tony stays at his apartment alone, but keeps calling Dana's family's house everyday, checking on Dana to make sure she is alright.
Deep down in the back of everyone's mind, including Dana's entire family, her relatives, her friends, all of her co-workers at the stockroom and all of Missy's co-workers at the school all kind of wonder, could it have been Dana? Could Dana have murdered Kathy? Could Dana have murdered Sandra? Was Tony telling the truth on that witness stand when he told the courts that Dana was at home in the bed with him the whole entire night of Kathy's murder? Was Tony covering up for Dana? Was Tony covering up for Dana because he feared losing her and feared that she would wind up back in prison again? Everyone knows that Tony has complained many of times before in the past that he would wake up in the middle of the night and find Dana gone, out of the bed and out of the apartment and he would not know where she is! Everyone knows that Tony sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night and find Dana gone, because he would call all over the place looking for her! Everyone knows that Dana has a violent temper. Everyone knew that Dana might have had a motive for what Kathy and Sandra did to her sister Missy! Everyone knows that Dana had chased Kathy and all of Kathy's friends with a baseball bat, not too far away from the school where Missy and Raymond work! Everyone knew that Dana took it the hardest and was very bitter when Kathy and her friends had ganged up and beat on her sister Missy, yet neither Kathy nor her friends were sent to jail or prison! Everyone knew that Dana was furious about being sent to prison and having to be put on probation! Everyone knows that Kathy had claimed a couple of times before in the past to have spotted Dana following her twice! Once near her home and once near her boyfriend Raymond's home, even though Dana does not live anywhere near Kathy or Raymond. Everyone knows that Kathy had an order of protection issued against Dana!
Even if it could have been Dana who committed the murder, she doesn't admit it to anyone. She has never really denied murdering Kathy to her family nor her friends. She just refuses to talk about it. No one in Dana's family or any of her friends dare to question her about whether she murdered Kathy or not. They all just continue to wonder and keep their mouths shut and their thoughts to themselves.
Another week soon passes. Dana then moves back in with Tony. A few days later, Christine and her family members start to head back to Jamaica. David, his parents Gracy and Mike, Sammy, Thomas, Missy and Robert all walk Christine and her family members through Kennedy Airport. They go through the airport terminals as they walk towards the departure gate. When they all reach the departure gate, Christine gives all her children a big hug and kiss. She then hugs and kisses David, Gracy and Mike as her family members hug her children.
Afterwards, Christine and her family members start to go through the departure gate. Christine tells David, "Tell Dana I'll call her when we reach home!"
"Okay Christine!"
Once Christine and her family members pass through the departure gate, they all wave and say "Goodbye" as they start to head down the corridor. David, his parents and his children watch Christine and her family members as they walk down the corridor.
Chapter 17
Little Girl Lost
